Developer:
Dow AgroSciences LLC

Method of Trait Introduction:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation

GM Trait s :
Glufosinate herbicide tolerance , Lepidopteran insect resistance

Commercial Trait:
(Singular)  Insect Resistance

Summary of Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced	Gene Source	Product	Function
pat (syn)  *	synthetic form of pat gene derived from Streptomyces viridochromogenes strain Tu 494	phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) enzyme	eliminates herbicidal activity of glufosinate (phosphinothricin) herbicides by acetylation
cry1Ac	Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki strain HD73	Cry1Ac delta-endotoxin	confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining

 * : Selection Marker/Reporter  

Summary of Regulatory Approvals: Country, Year and Type of Approval

Country	Food direct use or processing	Feed direct use or processing	Cultivation domestic or non-domestic use
Canada
Colombia
Mexico
Taiwan
United States

 

Event Description

• CBD Biosafety Clearing House
• CERA GM Crop Database

Regulatory and Biosafety Information

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• INVIMA - Colombia
• Office of the Gene Technology Regulator - Australia
• Taiwan Food and Drug Administration
• US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
• US Food and Drug Administration

Detection Methods

• EU Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed
• GMO Detection Method Database